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Scratch 2.0 Beginner's Guide: Second Edition

By : Michael Badger
Book Image

Scratch 2.0 Beginner's Guide: Second Edition

By: Michael Badger

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Scratch 2.0 Beginner's Guide Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Time for action – adding a sprite to the Backpack


Right now, our project still displays the extra microphone sprite we imported. That was a necessary step so that we could combine the sprite with the backdrop; however, it's cluttering our project. And because we will want to use this same microphone throughout our chapters, we don't want to have to re-import the microphone each time. We'll declutter our project by using Scratch's Backpack. The Backpack is a feature in the online project editor for users who are signed in. If you're not signed in to the online project editor, the Backpack will not be available.

Let's work through the steps, and then we'll explain:

  1. The Backpack is collapsed (that is, closed) at the bottom-right of the Scratch interface. You can open it by clicking on the up triangle next to the word Backpack.

  2. Drag the Microphone Stand sprite into the open Backpack to create a copy.

  3. Now, you can delete the Microphone Stand sprite from the sprites list by right-clicking on the sprite...